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United Nations UniversityFood and Nutrition
Programme for Human and Social Development

• Propose a model for future UNU-FNP capacity
  development activities that addresses
• Global nutrition needs
• University needs enables responsiveness to
  global nutrition needs
• The United Nations University recommendations

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UNU Hexagon Advancing Knowledge for Human
Security, Peace and Development
Human Security/ Human Rights
STRUCTURE
UNU-EHS
Environment
Health
UNU-ESD
UNU-INWEH
UNU-FNP
UNU-INRA
UNU-BIOLAC
UNU-IIGH
Peace Governance
Development
UNU-PG
UNU-WIDER
Science Technology and Society
UNU-CRIS
UNU-MERIT
UNU-IIST
UNU-IAS
UNU-ILI
Since 1996
UNU-GTP
The focus of our work is not in each of these
topics in themselves, but rather in the
inter-linkages the themes which relate two or
more of the core themes.
New RTC/P
Icelandic Programmes
UNU-FTP
Renewed RTC/P
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UNU Food and Nutrition Programme for Human and
Social Development
The United Nations University Food and Nutrition
Programme (UNU-FNP) is comprised of a global
network of institutions and a global community
of scholars responsible for carrying out the
mission of the UNU-FNP. The UNU-FNPs mission
is expressed through three specific goals
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UNU Food and Nutrition Programme for Human and
Social Development

• Core mission by focusing on three specific goals
  
• to assist developing regions enhance individual,
  organizational and
• institutional capacity in the area of food
  and nutrition,
• (2) to undertake research activities that have a
  global impact or require
• global efforts in the areas of food,
  nutrition, agriculture and policy/program
• development, implementation and evaluation,
  and
• (3) to serve as the academic arm for the United
  Nations System in areas
• of food and nutrition that are best
  addressed in a non-regulatory,
• non-normative environment.

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UNU-FNP

• Capacity Development
• African Nutrition Leadership Programme (ANLP)
  Netherlands Fellowship, Nestle, etc
• African Graduate Student Nutrition Network
• Capacity Development Initiative for Asia
  Germany (GTZ)IAEA, UNICEF,WFP
• Capacity Development for East Africa
  UNICEF/ESARO
• Capacity Development for Southern Africa USDA
• Capacity Development and Strengthening to Address
  Food and Nutrition Problems in Latin America
  WHO, IAES,FAO,UNICEF
• Capacity Development for the Middle East and
  North Africa
• Capacity Development in Eastern (Central) Europe
  FAO,WHO,UNICEF
• Research/Academic Functions
• Food Safety and Suitability Technical Advisory
  Group WFP
• Harmonization of Nutrient Based Dietary Standards
  EC,FAO,WHO
• Growth Reference for Preadolescent School Age
  Children FAO,WHO,CDC,USDA
• Multi Center Growth Reference WHO, GATES
• Publication and Dissemination Activities
• Food and Nutrition Bulletin INF

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UNU Food and Nutrition Programme for Human and
Social Development

• All activities are conducted in partnership with
  other UN agencies
• All funds are spent on development activities or
  enable
• development activities. Virtually all core
  funds are spent in
• developing countries.
• - All categorical core funds are leveraged.

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UNU-FNPRefocus

• Shift the focus of new capacity development
  initiatives limited financial resources
  exclusively to building capacity in academic
  institutions.
• Institutionalize the UNU-FNP academic network
  and conduct research and training activities
  within the context of the network create
  win-win partnerships that enable resources to
  flow north to south and south to south.

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SCN Capacity Development
Academic Institution Level
Capacity Development
Primary/Community/District Level
Implementation
Public Health Needs
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• Guiding Principles
• - Win-Win collaborations
• Net resources flow to
• institutions in need
• shared projects, research, training
• Cascade of development
• Focus on training research

Resource Rich
Region A
Region B
Resource Requiring
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UNU-FNPDiscussion

• How can FNP and the UNU network best support the
  SCN mission, task forces, and WGs?
• How can capacity development in universities be
  optimized to address public health needs?